OEGCI test7

• Oxford English Grammar Course Intermediate TEST • passives Name ● The basics – verb forms Make passive sentences Use uncontracted forms (e.g I have been NOT I’ve been) ▲ A police car has been seen Penicillin The meat The dog Who All the sandwiches ‘Excuse me Our room in our street (see: present perfect) by Alexander Fleming (discover: simple past) with either rice or potatoes (serve: simple present) by our neighbours (look after: present progressive) to speak at Jill and Sam’s wedding? (ask: present perfect) (eat: past perfect) this morning It’s Room 201.’ (not clean: simple past) ● The basics – present and past progressive; present and past perfect Normally sushi A is making with raw ish and rice B is made Circle the correct form C is being made ‘Is my wife still with the doctor?’ ‘Yes, she A is seen B is being seen now.’ I was so sorry when I heard that your son A was being hurt B has been hurt in an accident last week C had been hurt C has been seen We couldn’t use the conference room for the o’clock meeting because it A has been cleaned B is being cleaned C was being cleaned Sometimes I A am asked to speak at conferences When this happens, I nearly always say ‘yes’ B am being asked C have been asked I opened the fridge and saw that all the milk A was being drunk B has been drunk The repairs on her house A aren’t inished before October B won’t be inished C had been drunk C won’t be being inished ● Passive ininitives and -ing forms Put in be, to be or being They want respected She mustn’t interrupted while she’s working He’s sensitive – he hates laughed at I don’t mind criticised, as long as it’s fair sent an invitation to Sue’s party I hope We may not asked to stay for dinner What time would you like woken in the morning? What happened was an accident, so he shouldn’t punished ➔ Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST • passives © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE ● Verbs with two objects Correct (✓) or not (✗)? A present was given all the children at the end of the party Somebody promised a pay rise the workers The president has been shown a report about the disaster All the students were sent their exam results We were promised to an apology They were taught tennis by a professional coach ● Reasons for using passives Circle the best way to continue – A or B Brian uses his mobile phone a lot A He sends texts to his friends all day long B His friends are sent texts by him all day long Paula sings in a choir A Somebody asked her to join two years ago B She was asked to join two years ago This chocolate cake tastes delicious A I think someone has made it with real chocolate B I think it has been made with real chocolate ● Mixed structures Put in the missing words (one or more) Use uncontracted forms 10 He was angry that he been criticised in the newspaper The winning team probably welcomed by the President when they come home Cricket mainly in English-speaking countries you given something for your headache by the nurse? I realised I being talked by the rest of the class, and I didn’t like it ‘Incomprehensible’ means ‘can’t ’ Who this book written I was driving too fast, so I was lucky that I stopped by the police oicers was the planet Neptune discovered ? The furniture was for with a stolen credit card / 40 Oxford English Grammar Course • Intermediate TEST • passives © Michael Swan and Catherine Walter PHOTOCOPIABLE